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Siltcoos (also known as Siltcoos Station) is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is about 13 miles (21 km) south of Florence on the east shore of Siltcoos Lake.

The word Siltcoos is Native American and could refer to the name of a local chief or to a family name. It is also possible that "Tsilt" and "Coos" translates to "plenty elk" in the Coosan language and in reference to the coastal Roosevelt Elk herds. The spelling of the community was "Tsiltcoos" but "Siltcoos" was made the official name by a 1917, Board on Geographic Names decision. 1916, marked the establishment of "Lane" station on the Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. It also had a post office named Siltcoos. Lane was the last station on the line in Lane County, Oregon. In 1921, the train station name was to match the post office, thus becoming Siltcoos Station. Siltcoos post office closed in 1963, with mail going to Gardiner.

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  • Siltcoos

    Siltcoos, Oregon (Post office/left, Dance hall/Center, Store/left, Cabins/background left, school/background right)

  • Edificios a lo largo del río Nidelva, Trondheim, Noruega, 2019-09-06, DD 114-118 PAN

    Scandinavian stilt houses in Trondheim, similar in construction to those built by Christensen in Siltcoos.

  • Booth Lumber Mill

    Booth Lumber Mill, Siltcoos, Oregon

  • 1935 Derailment at Siltcoos Station

    1935 Train Derailment at Siltcoos Station

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